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The 1961 VFL season was the 65th season of the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL), the highest level senior
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the
Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...
for the first time, after it defeated by 43 points in the 1961 VFL Grand Final.


Premiership season

In 1961, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1961 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the
Page–McIntyre system The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...
.


Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 11.15 (81) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 20,000 , 15 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.10 (46) , , 10.15 (75) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 31,787 , 15 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 15.12 (102) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 20,000 , 15 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 6.13 (49) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 24,000 , 15 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.18 (96) , , 8.9 (57) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 23,973 , 15 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.8 (38) , , 6.12 (48) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 30,400 , 15 April 1961


Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 8.4 (52) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 22,178 , 22 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.7 (85) , , 9.15 (69) , Windy Hill , 23,000 , 22 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 3.16 (34) , , 7.15 (57) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 23,000 , 22 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.5 (59) , , 6.18 (54) , Princes Park , 29,384 , 22 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.14 (44) , , 11.10 (76) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 34,640 , 22 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.8 (80) , , 12.12 (84) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 24,258 , 22 April 1961


Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.9 (45) , , 12.17 (89) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 27,650 , 25 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 11.16 (82) , Windy Hill , 32,000 , 25 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 9.8 (62) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 26,574 , 29 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.6 (72) , , 11.15 (81) , Princes Park , 34,254 , 29 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 6.14 (50) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 29,300 , 29 April 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 10.9 (69) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 21,500 , 29 April 1961


Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.9 (81) , , 12.12 (84) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 40,572 , 6 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 16.12 (108) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 17,861 , 6 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.7 (55) , , 12.13 (85) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 13,500 , 6 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.19 (61) , , 22.11 (143) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 21,437 , 6 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 10.4 (64) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 34,029 , 6 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 11.6 (72) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 25,624 , 6 May 1961


Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.7 (85) , , 11.20 (86) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 22,000 , 13 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 17.18 (120) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 18,673 , 13 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.7 (55) , , 16.20 (116) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 30,560 , 13 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 12.10 (82) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 26,748 , 13 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.21 (75) , , 12.4 (76) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 31,000 , 13 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 17.7 (109) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 21,500 , 13 May 1961


Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 11.13 (79) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 17,693 , 20 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.13 (133) , , 6.18 (54) , Windy Hill , 32,600 , 20 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 16.16 (112) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 24,600 , 20 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 13.9 (87) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 29,490 , 27 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 7.12 (54) , Princes Park , 33,161 , 27 May 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 12.9 (81) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 32,900 , 27 May 1961


Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 11.16 (82) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 13,000 , 3 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 8.12 (60) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 15,000 , 3 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.11 (119) , , 8.10 (58) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 28,290 , 3 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 4.14 (38) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 18,683 , 3 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.8 (50) , , 17.15 (117) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 14,500 , 3 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 11.13 (79) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 49,678 , 3 June 1961


Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 5.16 (46) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 28,800 , 10 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 11.13 (79) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 16,000 , 10 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 6.18 (54) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 28,083 , 10 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 13.13 (91) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 24,132 , 12 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.7 (49) , , 13.11 (89) , Princes Park , 24,660 , 12 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.19 (121) , , 7.10 (52) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 78,465 , 12 June 1961


Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.7 (61) , , 10.10 (70) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 14,197 , 17 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.10 (94) , , 12.12 (84) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 27,280 , 17 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 10.16 (76) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 10,000 , 17 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 14.14 (98) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 10,200 , 17 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.5 (59) , , 9.9 (63) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 21,197 , 17 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.17 (89) , , 7.12 (54) , Windy Hill , 23,000 , 17 June 1961


Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 6.8 (44) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 24,637 , 24 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.14 (44) , , 14.9 (93) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 11,500 , 24 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 4.13 (37) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 28,100 , 24 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 8.9 (57) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 16,881 , 24 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.20 (92) , , 10.14 (74) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 23,000 , 24 June 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.6 (78) , , 6.10 (46) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 21,500 , 24 June 1961


Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.18 (120) , , 7.12 (54) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 38,000 , 1 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 9.8 (62) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 19,291 , 1 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 13.14 (92) , Windy Hill , 22,440 , 1 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 17.16 (118) , Princes Park , 17,936 , 1 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 7.8 (50) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 8,750 , 1 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 4.12 (36) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 31,500 , 1 July 1961


Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.6 (42) , , 4.9 (33) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 16,648 , 8 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 3.10 (28) , Windy Hill , 12,800 , 8 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.11 (41) , , 8.10 (58) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 20,700 , 8 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 3.12 (30) , Princes Park , 14,636 , 8 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.7 (49) , , 9.11 (65) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 13,860 , 8 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.8 (44) , , 6.8 (44) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 29,947 , 8 July 1961


Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 5.10 (40) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 27,500 , 15 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 11.6 (72) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 15,000 , 15 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.8 (38) , , 6.18 (54) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 22,799 , 15 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 9.13 (67) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 18,489 , 22 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.20 (98) , , 7.8 (50) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 34,600 , 22 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 9.22 (76) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 34,561 , 22 July 1961


Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.7 (73) , , 10.8 (68) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 25,723 , 29 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 13.16 (94) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 23,012 , 29 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.9 (105) , , 9.14 (68) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 14,350 , 29 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 13.9 (87) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 31,455 , 29 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 9.10 (64) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 15,000 , 29 July 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 7.9 (51) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 21,639 , 29 July 1961


Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.10 (100) , , 6.11 (47) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 14,000 , 5 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 7.14 (56) , Windy Hill , 27,500 , 5 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.10 (40) , , 11.12 (78) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 22,324 , 5 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.9 (111) , , 7.10 (52) , Princes Park , 16,889 , 5 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.12 (66) , , 7.13 (55) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 33,100 , 5 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 9.14 (68) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 15,547 , 5 August 1961


Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 5.16 (46) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 19,242 , 12 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 11.13 (79) , Windy Hill , 27,200 , 12 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 10.8 (68) , Princes Park , 15,439 , 12 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 0.8 (8) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 20,600 , 12 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.17 (89) , , 12.15 (87) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 48,245 , 12 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.20 (92) , , 10.10 (70) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 23,768 , 12 August 1961


Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.6 (120) , , 14.7 (91) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 34,500 , 19 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 6.10 (46) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...
, 17,976 , 19 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.22 (88) , , 7.6 (48) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 52,195 , 19 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 8.15 (63) ,
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
, 15,000 , 19 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 16.11 (107) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South M ...
, 14,125 , 19 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 13.10 (88) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 31,849 , 19 August 1961


Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 8.15 (63) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administra ...
, 42,015 , 26 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.29 (179) , , 11.10 (76) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rule ...
, 12,815 , 26 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 13.13 (91) , Princes Park , 21,863 , 26 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 9.13 (67) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...
, 24,250 , 26 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.8 (56) , , 11.15 (81) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 15,177 , 26 August 1961 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 13.10 (88) , Windy Hill , 18,500 , 26 August 1961


Ladder


Consolation Night Series Competition

The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval,
South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...
, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. Final:
Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
9.20 (74) defeated
North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...
9.8 (62)


Finals series

The 1961 VFL finals series was contested under the Page-McIntyre System, which had been used since
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Awards

* The 1961 VFL Premiership team was
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. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was Tom Carroll of
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who kicked 54 goals. * The winner of the 1961
Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
was John James of
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with 21 votes. *
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took the "
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" in 1961. * The reserves premiership was won by . St Kilda 7.14 (56) defeated 5.16 (46) in the Grand Final, which was held as a stand-alone match on 30 September because the second semi-final was drawn and required a replay; the match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of 15,242.


Notable events

* St Kilda ended a twenty-two year finals appearance drought making the finals for the first time since
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. This currently stands as the fourth longest finals appearance drought in league history. * Following a VFL investigation of a complaint that game officials had not reported the incident, rugged
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ruckman Ken Boyd was suspended for 12 matches, for striking
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ruckman John Nicholls. * In Round 16,
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was held goalless by St Kilda. This was the first time a team had been held goalless in a match since Round 11, 1921; and (as of 2021) is the last time it has occurred. * Having decided to abandon its (1957–1960) experiment of allowing live telecasts of the last quarter of three VFL matches each Saturday afternoon on
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, and
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, the VFL rejected offers from the three television stations to broadcast replays on Saturday evenings. A separate arrangement was made to allow a replay of the entire Grand Final match. * In November, Collingwood announced that it has delisted sixteen players from its 1961 playing list, including
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and Barry "Hooker" Harrison.


References

* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.


External links


1961 Season – AFL Tables
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